Valerie lives in Philadelphia and every thing goes mistaken for her: her fiancé breaks off their engagement, she loses her condo, after which loses her job all inside days. Whereas house for the vacations, her sisters give her a tough time—telling her she is holding herself again in life, she’s too afraid of what others suppose, and simply isn’t up for adventures. They inform her she ought to be a part of them on their upcoming journey to Eire and he or she decides to go for it! Her New Years decision is to say sure to extra, beginning with the journey. On their first night time in Eire, the sisters find yourself at a bar for New Yr’s Eve and he or she instantly takes discover of the the hero throughout the room. She realizes everybody appears to know him however she doesn’t and with a bit of push from her sisters, she approaches to ask if she will be able to purchase him a drink. Padraig first says no however then later can’t take his eyes off of her and presents to purchase her a drink as an alternative.
Padraig is Eire’s prime rugby participant who simply had dangerous information delivered to him earlier within the day—he finds out his father, who has prostate most cancers, is just not doing nicely and he must go house to his little hometown of Shambles to see him earlier than it’s too late. He doesn’t have relationship along with his father and has his personal well being issues as nicely. He is aware of he doesn’t need to spend the night time alone and after spending time with Valerie on the bar, a restaurant, after which ending at a membership kissing on NYE, he finally ends up inviting her again to his place the place they share a passionate night time collectively. After spending the night time collectively, the subsequent morning neither of them needs it to be over and he has a wild concept for her to affix him on his journey to Shambles and faux to be his fiancée to appease his ailing father.
I actually loved the feelings on this story. There may be positively a heavy tone all through the e book. Padraig is just not solely making an attempt to come back to phrases over the soon-to-be lack of his father however he was additionally just lately recognized with an aggressive type of MS at simply 29 and offers with all elements of that information. Valerie has by no means felt like she slot in wherever and at last begins to really feel like she belongs for the primary time in her life whereas in Shambles with Padraig. Valerie was in an accident when she was youthful and has scars protecting her legs. I cherished their roadtrip down the Irish coast to Shambles whereas they get down all the main points for his or her pretend engagement. His household owns a mattress and breakfast and I appreciated the instances along with his Nan and “The Main” who additionally lives there.
